[ANNOUNCE] bzr-local-branches plugin a.k.a. git-style-branches

[Mario]

Because ducks can walk on land and swim on water. If you don't use the
plugin, you get to experience only the land part (e.g. you see only
the "main" branch), while if you use the plugin you also get to
experience the water part (e.g. you can switch between branches and
stuff). Also, one big duck usually goes along with a lot of smaller
ducks. Think of this container that contains branches as the big duck,
and the little branches inside as little baby ducks.

Plus, it's more fun then some technical term :)

KR,
M.

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 07:56, Eugene Wee <crystalrecursion at gmail.com> wrote:
> Why "duck branches"? Ben's suggestions sound fine to me, though
> "co-habitating" is a little wordy and... has interesting implications :)
>
> Incidentally, is this proof-of-concept meant to work on Windows? I have not
> tried it yet, heheh.
>
> Regards,
> Eugene Wee
>
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 8:55 AM, Mario <mario.danic at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Or simply ... duck branches :)
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 01:53, Ben Finney
>> <bignose+hates-spam at benfinney.id.au> wrote:
>> > Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer at samba.org> writes:
>> >
>> >> Admittedly, the name "local branches" may be a bit confusing (given
>> >> the fact that bzr already has a --local option for several commands),
>> >
>> > Agreed. I think that name will work directly against communicating to
>> > Bazaar users the function of this plugin.
>> >
>> >> but I couldn't come up with a better name yet. Suggestions are
>> >> welcome :-)
>> >
>> > The concept to be communicated, as I see it, is that the plugin
>> > permits multiple branches to co-exist in a single working tree.
>> > Suggestions:
>> >
>> >    virtual branches
>> >    switchable branches
>> >    in-place branches
>> >    co-habitating branches
>
>